The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-05-12

AZ Warren. H., the pcstoffics building
and busfness houses OF L. e. Morris. Rohr
& Evans, William Spofford and William
Phillips were bnrned. Loss, SIS, 900 to
$50. 900; insurance S., 500. All tho mail
was saved.
The fertilizer works OF NJ. Dorsey OF
Highland Md, were burned. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $50, 900.
The business failures during the first sev-
en- days OF May number for the United
States 153 and for Canada 20: total, 1872,
against 1S1 the week before and / 81 for tho
CORES ponding week OF last year.
George w. Childs' birthday anniversary
occurs May II, and on that day special
efforts will be made to increase the fund OF
the International Typographical un ion, to
which Mr.. Childs and Mr.. Drexel gav So,
600 last May.
At River Falls, Wis.,, j. F. Cramer for
mer|y OF St. Paul. accidentally took an
overdose OF laudanum, but was saved by
timely medical intervention.
At 4 meeting OF friends Of the late Presi.
dent Arthur in New York, some weeks ago.
it was resolved to receive subscriptions
for q monument to be erected over his
grave to cost not more than $4,000.
Considerable in excess Of that anonnt was
subscribed at once.
Gov. Hill Of New York has signed the bill
making Saturday half-holiday through
out the state.
A bill to adopt capital punishment for
murder and rape was defeated in tho Mich.
igan senate-19 to 49,
s~f
fixing a uniform license of $4OO for strong
liquors and $3.50 for beer, wine, etc.
Bishop Williams OF Connecticut, senior
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church,
is bachelor.
It is rumored that all the Touring mills
will shortly shut down and remain closed
all summer:
Fire in the basement press room OF the
Eau Claire Daily Leader damaged presses
and material to the extent OF 81 900; dam
age to building owned by A. D. Buck of
Fall Creek, $1,000.
r. G. Dun & Co. reportincreased business
at all interior centers since the interstate
law went into effect.
The cashier of a Joliet bank is missing,
likewise very numerous dollars,
Rev. DR.. Arthur ] .Donnely, OF st. Nicholas
parish, New York, is announced as the sue
cessor to the late Vicar General Quinn.
The men imprisoned in the Victoria coal
mine are thought to be lost. 4.
J. r. Muir, who had been engaged for
many years logging at Lennahmoor, was
murdered at the railway wharf in New
Westminster, B. G. by William Shaerer.
The cause Of the trouble between the men
is supposed to be a longstanding one.
Shaerer, who was discha .ging lumber from
IA1i hA~ +ol,v -
Muir was standing and stabbed him repeat
eddy. Shaerer then threw his knife into
the water and quietly gave himself up.
Muir died in few minutes, and on exam
nation eleven stabs were found between
the neck and lower part Of the body.
Oscar B. Farnham, OF Boston, aged fifty
years, OF the firm OF Holt, Adams & Co.,
attempted suicide by taking rat poison,
hanging himself to gas fixture and turn.
ing on the gas. He is a $4,000 EN- bezzler,
and when pressed to explain certain
transactions refused.
Jefferson Davis has written a review OF
Gen. Wolseley's Life OF Gen. Lee." Mr..
Davis takes exception to many of the Eng.
lishman's statements, and while not find.
ing fault with the superlative opinion OF Gen.
Lees military ability, he shows very plainly
that he considers Gen. Wolseley's criticisms
! Of other Southern leaders unjust and un.
warranted.
A bill forming a state constabulary to
enforce the liquor law was passed by the
Michigan house and given Immediate effect.
The bill provides for tho appointment by
the governor Of state marshal, at a salary
| OF 81 200, with power to appoint force
Of deputy state marshals throughout tho
state, who are charged with the duty OF en-
forcing the liquor law, and are paid by
the counties. The practical effect of the
| law is to take all prosecutions from the
prosecuting attorneys and other local off,
GERS and give them to the state.
There is trouble ahead for a number OF
county seats in Dakota. A law OF last
| winter provides that new elections for tbs
location OF county seats may be held in
all the counties where the original or pres
emit location was made by less than a
majority vote. This is likely to raise par.
ticular cain in a good many places.
The private bank Of T. r. Heard, Rich
| mond, Va, has failed. Liabilities 1854,
900; assets $62, 900.
At Billings, Mont, fire broke out in a
| range OF frame buildings on Minnesota
avenue, totally destroying NJ. B. Rade.
makers saloon and damaging adjoining
buildings. The fire is supposed to have
been OF incendiary origin.
A postofIice has been established at
! Mount Carmel. Cavalier county. Oak.
Pensions granted: Minnesota-D. Gala
CHAN, St. Paul; J. Frey, La Crescent; P.
Quieg'c (deccased), Pelican Rapids; L. g.
st. John. Granger; O. Lewis, Grand Mead.
| ow. Dakota-H. c. Thorpe, Bridgcwat ter;
! o. Lund. Vermillion; D. Stewart, Arlington;
u. Weekly. Millett J. Hyde, Vermillion; +.
Brown, Canton, J. Morton, Bridgewater.
The czarina has donated 100, 600 rou.
| bleY to Gen. dresser, project of St. Peters.
| burg in recognition OF his services in frus.
| trating the recent plot against the cars
life, and the car has granted him a pension
| of &, 900 as a reward for his services in ar.
| resting nihilists.
! Up to this time fourty.four railroad com.
panies have filed with the commission for
| NAL petitions asking to be relieved from
| section 4. Probably as many more have
been received and returned for further in
| formation. \ much larger number ha.
! been received from trade organizations,
private corporations and individuals pro.
! testing against the suspension OF section 4
| In particular cases.
| The car thinks he will commute the SEN
| tence of the nihilist assassins.
Marquis Salisbury is to be made duke
in q few days.
James Grant, the novelist died in Lon.
don. He was sixty-four years old.
The Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad
in Iowa, has filed its formal petition for
exclusion from tho provisions OF the long
and short haul clause. The road is purely
q territorial road, but it crosses five trunk
lines, and does q great deal Of business with
them in freight for outside points.
| Roscoe Conkling has been remarkably
fortunate in his real estate investments al
Washington.
Secretary Whitney has decided to order
| the repair OF the United States steamship
Hartford, now at Maria Island, Cal.
The wife OF Gen. Sheridanis quite serious
ly indisposed.
The debate on the Timc-Dillon episod,
in the house of commons ends OF course
in favor of the Tory government.
The total number OF deaths Mt Naniamo
b. c., number 10. The town is sorely j,
need of assistance.
F. c. Wade OF the Winnipeg Free Press